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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01
THE woR1

The Treasury Department at Washington
has shipped 100000 to the Assistant Treasurer
at New York, and 5000, 900 to the Assistant
Treasurer at Chicago, to meet whatever de-
mands may be made for notes of small denom-
nations. Most of the shipments were in $50,
$40 and S. silver certificates and United States
notes. The Treasury is also issuing 81 and 81
silver certificates at the rate of $4,000 a day.
it is said at the Department that the present
demand for small notesis apparently fictitious,
and is probably due to q desire on the part of
certain tinlid bankers to secure them in large
amounts for use in event of possible strin-
gency of the money market.
-Meader & Co., one of the leading
grain firms of Minneapolis, Mimi, have
been attached by the Bank of Commerce
for $35 1000, and have notified parties at the
Chamber of Commerce holding their contracts
to protect themselves.
The New York weekly bank statement
shows: Reserve decrease. $663, 600. Banks
now hold s 7,333S, O00 in excess Of legal require
ments.
"A statement prepared ut the Treasury De-
psrtment, showing the amount of small notes,
standard dollars and fractional silver out
standing March 1, 1887, as compared with the
amount outstanding July l., 1886, quotes an
increase of $40, SOC, 1000.
The business failures during the past
week number for the United States 49,, and
for Canada 3333, or a total of 900, against 2s2 last
week and 225 in the corresponding week of
last year.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, in concluding
aprivate real estate deal with the Wisconsin
Central people, secured a contract for free
transportation for the next quarter-century.
Experts from Washington, after counting
s5,5M,174 in the sub-treasury at Chicago,
found that the books balanced to a penny, but
there were counterfeit notes to the amount of
500
Joseph Ray, of Wisconsin, has been ap-
Eointed Chief Clerk of the Postofice Depart
signed.
1t is expected that a call for SIC, 600, 900 /:
per CEN bonds will be made in Il few DAYS
to mature May l. The amount of these now
subject to call is aa29, 1850, $50. There are
$5,56o,900 of past due IS still outstanding.
There are also outstanding Sc 1880, $50 in bonds
of the 14Cth call which will mature May /.
The total redemptions under the open calls to
date amount to IS, Ill 900. According to pres
ent indications the entire 5 per cent. loan will
be extinguished during the present fiscal year
ending June 80. The surplus in the treasury
is p, 1000, COZ.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01

Baker . year ago, had no real existence, and
that thereby . number of parties in the east
are out in various amounts. The securing of
a certificate book in his possession shows that
he received at least 5000 from this source.
AT Buffalo, N. Y, IN the 18th inst: the
Richmond Hotel and St James Hall were de-
etroyed by fire, and fully thirty people per-
ished in the flames. The number seriously
INJURED is estimated to be twenty-five, several
of whom will probably die. The loss Of prop
erty is s4Oo, 600, mostly insured. Origin of
the fire unknown,
An engine and tender on the Marietta and
Northern road broke through a trestle near
Vincent Station. Ohio, killing the engineer and
fireman and scalding the conductor and brake
man. Fifteen persons were injured by an &C
cident at Park Station, New York, on the
Elmira, Cortland and Northern road.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01

GENERAL.

Reports from San Francisco state that
smallpox prevails to an alarming extent at
Los Angeles and Pasadena.
Tor the last three months of 1856 there
were 10, O29, 96l pounds of artificial butter man.
ufactured and removed for consumption or
sale.
The discovery of gold deposits i'll British
Columbia, close 10 the imaginary boundary
line between that Province and Alaska, it is
feared, may lead to serious trouble, if the ac-
tual boundary is not defined before any at
tempt is made to develop these valuable finds.
In view of the valuable discovery Of gold i'll
the Pacific Province, the Dominion Government
has decided on sending out a party to make a
geological survey Of that part of the country
in which the mineral has been found-and to
ascertain, as nearly as possible: to whom they
belong-whether to the United States or the
Dominion.
"A special from Pierre, Oak, gives the fol-
lowing: Great anxiety il felt here, oc-
casioned by the sudden rise of the
Missouri river. At about 10 o'clock this
morning the river, which has been clear
of ice for several days and very low began
to rise rapidly. At noon it was three feet
above low water, with large quantities of ice
floating, and at 6 o'clock the water was nearly
even with the top of the bank and the ice COM
pletely filled the channel. Communication with
FortPierre is impossible. At dark the resi-
dents of Fort Pierre were seen moving to the
highlands, and since then it is impossible to
tell what has occurred there. At the present
time water is rising at the rate of q foot an
hour with the channel jammod with ice, and
should q gorge form for five minutes the dam
age to the city will be beyond estimate. The
people in the lower portions of the city are
preparing to move to the bluffs at a moments
notice.
-Suspicious-looking men have lately been
making frequent visits to the money-vaults of
the Treasury Department The other day
such of them as called were notified that they
must not come again, and the officers IN
charge of the vaults have been warned to keep
o close watch in the future.
No more bodies had been found in the
ruins of the Richmond Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
up to noon, the 21st inst, when the searching
party was withdrawn, owing to the shaky con-
UlCOQ OF Tue Walls.
The citizens Of Rome, Ga, have contrib
uted $3.50. 600 toward the erection of an iron
furnace and rolling-mills.
Collector Magone, of New York, after dis
missing twoI Inspectors for receiving brides at
the docks, gave notice that he would hereafter
prosecute steamship passengers Offering
money to officials for passing baggage.
The Drought Committee appointed by tho
Legislature of Texas has distributed 100000
among q, $50 sufferers.
The Nebraska G. A. r. Encampmcnt has
located the next reunion at Omaha. It will
begin September 5 and continue one week.
"A heavy shipper of low-grade base bullion
from Salt Lake to Pittsburgh, who is likely to
be shut out of Eastern markets by tie opera
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01

ton of tho shost-hanl c.auae Of the inter state
commerce law, is interviewing railway officials
at Chicago, AMI is being advised TO beg relief
from the Commission to b. created.
-Frecman, tire Religions ianati: who killed
his daughter under what he called "a command
from God appear, to have hecn proinatnrely
released from The asylum where lie has been
confined fortile pas. seven years. He had be-
come AN excellent hall-pla.cr, and was Captain
of the asylum Club. yot, instead OF turning his
~invainabi.. talents as d balt-p.aycr to account,
he is going back 81 his iaym at Pocasset Evi-
den;ly lie is not yet III a right franc of mind.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Banker James Seligman, whose son, Wash
ington seligman, was reported to have at
tempted suicide by shooting himself at st,
Augustine, Fla,, said that he had received a
dispatch from the injured man stating that
there was no danger, and that the shooting
was accidental
Moses Miller, q colored man, living on
Salem avenue, %Lynchburg, Va, choked his
wife to death and then cut his own throat
Miller may possibly recover. jealousy is
assigned as the cause of the murder.
kidnapping on a wholesale scale is being
carried on at Guira, in Vuelia Abajo, Cuba, the
kidnapped persons being released only on the
payment of ransom.
AT San Rafael, Mexico, 5000 persons paid
IS each to witness a bull-fight. As the ami
mails refused to cater to the crowd, a bloody
riot took place, in which the troops charged
with sabera
The Sheriff seized the establishment Of
Lawton Bros, New York, dealers in phos-
pilates, whose liabilities are said to be 81, 0O0,-
900. The senior Lawton has fled with all he
funds he could raise, since when excited cred
itors have besieged the house where examina-
tons Of the FIRMS affairs were being made. It
lis ascertained that that the absconding Lawton
lis a defaulter to the amount of $500, 600, which
he doubtless took with him,
IS. Il. Baker, of Minneapolis, who has
been loaning money for Myers and Underhill,
of New York, has been twice arrested at the
instance of Benjamin Underhill for embezzle-
ment. U%nderhills personal CLAIMS against
Baker aggregate over $4,000 and D. 4. I'm
derhill, brother of the prosecutor, holds
Bakers notes for $500. In all, Underhil's
claim is nearly $4,000. w. A. Purdy, of
iowa City, has a claim of 5000, the Peoples
Bank &c. 600 and Rev. J. M. Alden, of Atwater,
Ohio, $1,000, now secured. Fred Haas also
has a considerable claim. These increase the
amount to about $40. ZOO. The Evening Jour-
nal says the investigation gave room to believe
that Bakers indebtedness will reach 100000.
1T is claimed that the United States Mortgage
Trust and Debeuture Company, organized by
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01

their report before the 18th day Of sep..,.,
and that Town Clerks shall prepare ifb.eeiaaoes
i;nnuent road tax list before October 1'i' d.
TO Pro prov 'of "e 'AAA10A VI Ioless,s
10 provide mode Of procedure to Conn,
| sicnees to mako reports when demanded y y
Defining the duties Of County Trcrsru
making tax receipts and increasing tia asefl
To increase sthe age of consent" to ID " smae,
To divide the fifth subdivision of tho ' ssss
| judicial District into two subdivisions sSt
provide for terms of court therein. 'aaaa
To prohibit the sale Of intoxicating );,n
either wholesale or retail, in any county l ,9ls
out a license from Board of County Gn G., wig
| sioners. s
10 amend the revenue laws so thu,
members of q school board may authorj,, w
levying of a school tax.
10 provide for the printing Of q sh,
book" ~
To repeal the usury law.
To prevent fraudulent voting by reop;,i,
electors to register. S
To legalize an election at Sioux Fall.
which bonds to the amount of $60,OO w.
voted to a railroad company as bonus. "s
To fix time of holding court in Lincoln =,
TO establish the boundaries Of Mort,
county.
An act to regulate tho cancellation and =,
feiture of insurance policies.
To enable County Commissioners to ian
bonds to pay outstanding warrants.
A%ppropriating $4,000 for building q dor,,
tory at the Grand Forks University.
Kppropriating s4S, 600 for the maintensn
of the Speartish Normal School.
To provide funds for the purchase Of \
Experimental Farm at the Brookings Agricr,
tural College.
To provide funds for the construction q,
dormitory and wing of main building of /
University of Dakota.
Providing for the manner Of plating tov
sites
For the establishment of free libraries !.
r~eading-rooms in cities, villages and tow
ships.
Fixing time at two years for tho redempf;
OF lands sold for taxes.
To prohibit the sale Of intoxicating lion
by local option.
To define the boundaries OF Ward and Re-
vile Counties.
To prohibit the sale of liquor in Territor
buildings.
To provide funds to pay for the construct
Providing for tho vacation of town plats.
To authorize municipal corporations to
ont, open, improve and vacate streets and
leys.
To lagalize an election held at Spearfsh.
To provide for the compilation and distrib
ton of the laws of the Territory.
To provide for the appointment of Notaui
TO prevent the spread of contagious disc,
among cattle.
To furnish funds for publishing reports
public officers.
Repeating the act allowing the Counties
Barnes and GrigGs to fund their indebtedne
Making it compulsory for every able-bodi
citizen to serve as a militiaman.
10 punish false pretense in obtaining
punish giving false p~edigrecs.
An entire revision of the school laws.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-04-01
THE APPROPRIATIONS.
Scattered With Il Prodigal Hand

The appropriations this year exceed by d
anything Of the kind in the history Of the II
rito:y, The following tables show tho sui
appropriated for the prlnclpai institutions
1866, and those provided for by the presd
Legislature:
APPROPRIATIONS In 1856.
Yankton hospital for insane ............ SAL
jamestown hospital for insane. ......... ssh
NerNn jira MI. .i.{av. 331(
Grand st..a G:.lGu.sttT. ............... Al
Penltautiat., :i;u;,V GIL
PenitcH.invy. Bismarck. 3GJ
Speartiah lorDlai school. 81
Madison normal sclt1Ui 1t(
School Ot II
Agricultural college, Brookings, ......... I'll
APPROPRIATIONS IN 1887.
The appropriations this year are as follow
Yankton hospital for insane. slO6(
jamestown hospital for insane. .......... 1851
Penitentiary, Sioux Falls FOL
Penitentiary, bismarck. 73,
University ut Verln,llion ...........,, S.;
University Mt Grand Forks. 5TI
Agricultural college. Erookings........,. al
Madison normal school. 2i(
Spearfish normal school. I'll
'ochooi VI 2li
Besides the above, hundreds Of thousau
OF dollars were appropriatedfor %improvemel
OF various institutions. the Legislature b
scattered new Offices right and left and add
thousands of dollars to the salary roll. Am0
the last created was that of veterinary 81
geon for the Territory, at a salary of $4,000
year. The appropriation for the Jamesto1
Asylum is what the friends of the bill call
daisy. 1t beats anything on record-s1N,Q
for maintenance against fifty odd thoussl
two years ago., and $751; D for improvement
against sixty odd thousand at that time.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-17

Mr.. n. Robinson OF Staten Tslant!
has become the owner OF the centre
board sloop Lotus. The Lotus was
formerly the Oriole of Boston, and
was rebuilt at City Island in 1886.
She is 81 feet 8 inches long, 13t
feet beam, 4 feet deep and feet
draught, and will be enrolled in the
Brooklyn Yacht Club.
The late Samuel j. Tilden's iron
steam yacht Viking is for sale. Her
dimensions are 1877 feet 2 inches
long, 20 feet 6 inches beam and IL
feet q! inches deep.
The keel schooner Social, which
did considerable cruising last sea-
son, has changed ownership, having
been bought by Mr.. Oscar Smith of
New York of MIR. c. w. Lippitt, of
Providence. The Society will fly
the remnants of the Larchmont and
Seawanhaka clubs.
The London Sportman suggests
the following as course for the
S"SSh . JubiiSC oSuo iuSS, lHSlcuu
of the one already proposed: From
the. Thames round the outer edge
of the Goodwin to the Isle Of Wight,
thence round the Varne lightship to
the Cork light vessel off Harwich,
and round the Kentish Knock into
Dover. The course would exhibit
the capabilities of all rigs, and no.
thing would be fairer.
1t is reported that committee has
been appointed to investigate the
house committee of 1886 of the New
York Yacht Club. Capt. Nells o.
sen, the old steward of the club,
has sent in his resignation, but will
remain until the committee has COM
pleted its work. He has accepted
situation under the jerome Park
Association, but, until the house
committee investigation has COM
pleted its labor, he feels bound to
remain at his post, as the investiga-
ton may involve his acts as Ste
ward
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-17
GRANTS FAMOUS TELEGRAM.

New York, Feb. 10. - The
Worlds Washington special says:
A noted eX-General of the Union
Army says: "People in Washington
believe General Rawlins worded
that stirring telegraphic despatch
which Grant sent from the front in
1864, at a time when our Congress
was scared and the people of the
North were in dismay ut the terri
BILE slaughter of the army when
Grant drove Lee toward Richmond.
l refer to the despatch, we will
fight it out on this line if it takes all
summer Now, it was written by
Stanton when Lincoln was in con-
ference with him in the War Depart
ment. They were both alarmed
about the political outlook in the
Northern States. Discouraging ac-
counts from the seat of war were
telling against the Administration,
and the fear, in consequence, that
Lincoln would not be reelected
prompted Stanton to do something
to reassure the people and return
their confidence in the successful
termination of the war in favor of
the Union cause and inspire more
respect for the Lincoln Administra-
ton. Stanton, as means to this
end, telegraphed to Grant to send
some encouraging news, and at the
same time advised and wrote out
the form of the despatch to be trans
mitted in response to his sugges-
ton. Grants celebrated answer
had the desired effect. 1t gave
heart and encouragement to the
people of the Northern States. 1t
gave strength to the weakened poll
teal supporters of Lincoln for re-
election to the Presidency, and, in
fact, was very effective in silencing
opposition among the Republicans
to Lincoln's candidacy"
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-17

ly but asslduously perloctlng an
original invention In the shape of an
automatic cleaner for cleaning cane
juice in o vacuum at low tempera-
ture. Heretofore the cleaning pans
required live steam, which meant u
certain expenditure of fuel. With
MIR. Young's automatic cleaner the
exhaust steam may be utilized, thus
effecting great saving in the coal
bill. Besides it makes the juice
much cleaner and purer. 1t having
long been demonstrated that the
higher the temperature the more the
quantity of undesirable product
called ''invert sugar" is obtained,
1t follows that this newly invented
process Of cleaning the juice at u
low temperature will be productive
OF a better quality of sugar, as well
as an increased quantity of the gen.
uine article.
These results have, at all events,
been obtained by practical expert
mentation. Mr.. Young the other
week went to Hawaii to superintend
the application of his invention to
the manufacture of sugar at the
Waiakea mill. BY its use sugar
was obtained that gave polariza-
ton of 09.4 degrees, and it was ex-
pected that with the experience of
week still higher grade would be
the resultant. Not only that, but
the machine is so constructed that it
was proved feasible to have it at
tached to the double effect and run
in conjunction Herewith. The va
por coming from the cleaning pan is
thereby transmitted to the double
effect and does its work there in the
process of evaporating. This pro-
duces still further saving in fuel.
The new device is very simple in
its operation, so much so that, at
the Waiakea mill, japanese boy
was taught in one day how to run
it. Although originally designed
to be worked by itself, the valuable
discovery has been made, as noted
above, that it can be attached to the
double effect. Mr.. Young sent off
an application for patent in the
United States two months ago. He
also took steps to have the invention
patented in all the Spanish domi-
Mons. Before leaving for the
United States, as he did by the
steamship Australia yesterday, MIR.
Young had the valuable machine
secured by patent in this Kingdom.
1t is most timely invention in the
present depressed situation of the
sugar industry from low prices uni
versally prevalent. Besides its
effect in cheapening production, it
has that of enhancing the market
value of the product, for sugar
brings an eighth Of cent more per
pound for every degree that it po-
larizes over SO per cent Daily
Herald,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-17
the DAUNTLESS.COR0NET RACE.
CHANGES IN THE RIVAL YACHTS
NEW STEAM YACHT.

The schooner yachts Dauntless
and Coronet are now being fitted
out for the ocean race. The Coro-
net is at Polillon's shipyard, Brook
Ign. Her foremost has beeu short
ened two feet, and she is to have
new iron work on her masts. The
iron ballast inside is being taken out
of her, and lead ballast will be put
ON the keel outside. New side ports
are to he made abaft midships, so that
the vessel may clear her decks of
water in heavy seas. A wire rope
will be rove from the heel to the
outer end of the bowsprit on both
sides. The yacht will be put in the
dry dock about March L. The
masts of the Dauntless have also
been shortened, and the rigging has
been reset. She will be put on the
screw dock to-day for overhauling.
Both yachts will be ready by March
10. The time at the finish of the
race between the Coronet and
Dauntless will be taken by members
of the Royal Cork Yacht Club at the
Roche's Point, just outside the en-
trance of Queenstown harbor.
Herreshof has just completed q
steam yacht for Mr.. Charles KEEL
logg of the Athens (Pa.) Bridge
Company. The vessel measures 92
feet average and 90 sect on the load
line. She will be planked with yell
low pine, and will have oak panels.
The yacht will have triple expan-
sion engine, and her builders claim
that she will only consume two tons
of coal in "a hours, at full steaming,
and that she will make about 10
miles an hour. She will! have fine
saloon, and her inner fittings will be
costly and complete. She is intend
ed for ocean and river cruising, and
will be named Clara. Herreshoff is
also building small steam launch,
48 feet in length and Z feet inches
beam. The builders expect that she
will beat the famous steam launch
Henrietta of New York.
1t is claimed that the sloOp Sham
rock, now building at Brooklyn, N.
Y, is the work of an amateur. The
drawing of the midship section OF
the Puritan must have been quito
handy to the designer while he was
at work, judging by the shape of the
Shamrock's midship section.
Owing to u difference in the price
and conditions of building his pro-
posed new yacht, Mr.. William Zleg.
Ter has decided that he will not have
Herreshoff of Bristol, r.. l., built
him sloop.
The sloop Shamrock and Mr.
Iselin's new steel sloop are about
five feet longer on the water lint
than the Thetis.
The keel cabin sloop Lena ha'
been sold by Mr.. A. T.. Bliven t
Mr.. II. ii. Salmon, Jr., of Brook
lyn, and will be enrolled in TIT
Knickerbocker Yacht Club. Thu
Lena was built in 1882 at East Bos
ton, Mass, by the Wood Bros, ant
is 3O4 feet long, 10a feet beam,
feet deep and z feet draught o
water.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-03-17
SrABBINc BY A JAPANESE,

Last evening two Japanese men
and one woman dined together, and
spent the evening over q bottle of
samshu. Towards II o'clock a
quarrel arose between the two men,
the woman having stepped outside
the doorway for few minutes. On
her return, she found one Of the
men lying on the verandah in pool
of blood. One of their neighbors
hearing the squabble, went to the
Police Station and reported what he
knew of the matter. The Marshal
and Captain Tell were sent for. They
duly arrived at the Station House,
and went together to the scene of
the affray. The wounded man was
removed to the house of japanese,
named Hatch, who acted as inter-
prefer. DR.. Trousscau was sent for,
and ON his recommendation, the
wounded man was removed on a
stretcher to the hospital. He
suffered great pain during the re-
moval. BY the latest advices from
the hospital, he is doing we'll. The
other man was arrested and con-
veyed to the Police Station. He
says that he used no knife, but when
wrestling with the other man, he
fell on pitcher and broke it, hence
the wound. A search was made by
Officer Tell this morning for the
knife but it was not found. Officer
Tell supposcs it is possible for the
woman to have hid the knife imme-
diately after the premises were
vactated by the police and the